A indústria musical em Moçambique: um olhar sobre a utilização das plataformas digitais

Abstract

The music industry in Mozambique has undergone profound transformations as a result of advances in digitalization and the growing use of digital platforms, which have reconfigured the modes of music production, circulation, consumption, and monetization. Despite the country’s cultural richness and musical diversity, the sector continues to face persistent structural challenges, including weak institutional organization, limited protection of copyright, low levels of international integration of artists, and the absence of consistent public policies. Against this backdrop, this dissertation analyses how digital platforms have transformed the Mozambican music industry and examines the impacts of these changes on the sector’s creative, economic, and sociocultural processes. The general objective of the study is to examine the role of digital platforms in the reconfiguration of the music industry in Mozambique, seeking to identify the strategies adopted by artists and producers in the use of these tools, the emerging business models, as well as the challenges associated with digital exclusion, piracy, and the fragility of copyright regulation. Methodologically, the research adopts a qualitative and exploratory approach, combining bibliographic and documentary review, case studies, semi-structured interviews with musicians, producers, and cultural managers, and critical analysis of reports and market data on digital music. The findings indicate that, although digital platforms expand visibility and create new opportunities for the circulation and monetization of Mozambican music, their benefits are unevenly distributed, revealing structural and institutional limitations that constrain the sector’s full development. It is concluded that digitalization simultaneously represents a space of opportunities and tensions, requiring more robust public policies, institutional strategies, and regulatory frameworks to ensure the sustainable valorization of national music production